Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Amir F. Kagalwalla, MD
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Amir Kagalwalla practices Pediatric Gastroenterology. He graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine. Wayne State University School of Medicine is ranked 63/85 in Research/PrimaryCare. Amir Kagalwalla is also a published doctor. He has 26 publication published. The most recent publication is: A gene encoding a liver-specific ABC transporter is mutated in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
Publications
- Eosinophilic density in graft biopsies positive for rejection and blood eosinophil count can predict development of post-transplant digestive tract eosinophilia.
- Twin and family studies reveal strong environmental and weaker genetic cues explaining heritability of eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Dietary Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis.
- The oesophageal string test: a novel, minimally invasive method measures mucosal inflammation in eosinophilic oesophagitis.
- Mesenteric Castleman's Disease detected by Capsule Endoscopy.
- Identification of Specific Foods Responsible for Inflammation in Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis Successfully Treated With Empiric Elimination Diet.
- Histopathologic variability in children with eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Cow's milk protein-induced eosinophilic esophagitis in a child with gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
- Effect of six-food elimination diet on clinical and histologic outcomes in eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Elimination diets in the management of eosinophilic esophagitis.
- A case of vasoactive Intestinal polypeptide secreting ganglioneuroma complicated by parasitic infestations.
- Comparison of radionuclear scintigraphy and liver biopsy in the evaluation of neonatal cholestasis.
- The need for three stool specimens in routine laboratory examinations for Intestinal parasites.
- Diagnostic value of Doppler ultrasound in the assessment of liver cirrhosis in children: histopathological correlation.
- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and haemolytic-uraemic syndrome in a patient with congenital chloride diarrhoea.
- Locus heterogeneity in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
- Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (Byler''s Disease) in Arab children.
- Pulmonary hemorrhage in association with autoimmune chronic active hepatitis.
- Congenital chloride diarrhea. A study in Arab children.
- Phosphorylase b kinase deficiency glycogenosis with cirrhosis of the liver.
- Childhood shigellosis in Saudi Arabia.
- A gene encoding a liver-specific ABC transporter is mutated in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
- Identification of a locus for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis PFIC2 on chromosome 2q24.
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis in Arab children: report of four cases and literature review.
- Congenital chloride diarrhea: Is it a common disorder in Saudi Arabia?
Schools
Grant Medical College Maharashtra University Of Health Sciences
Jj Group Hosps
Chldns Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Crohn's Disease (Regional Enteritis)
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Hemorrhoids
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Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Blue Cross Accord
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Cofinity PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- Coventry Health Care of Illinois PPO
- Health and Life PPO
- Platinum PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Missouri PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Golden Rule
- HealthLink PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Preferred PPO
- Medicare MCR
- Meritain Health
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Sagamore Plus
- Tricare
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Education
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Wayne State University School of Medicine -
Texas Tech University at Lubbock -
University of Wisconsin -
Grant Medical College
Hospital
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Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago -
Adventist Hinsdale Hospital -
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital -
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System -
Northwestern Memorial Hospital -
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children?
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